a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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dressage (ˈdrɛsɑːʒ)

—n
1.	the method of training a horse to perform manoeuvres in response to the rider's body signals
2.	the manoeuvres performed by a horse trained in this method

[French: preparation, from Old French dresser to prepare; see dress]

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dressage

1936, from Fr., from dresser "to train, drill." M.E. had dress (v.) in the sense of "to train or break in" a horse or other animal (c.1400), but it died out.

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